President Clinton is scheduled to begin a Mideast trip. He is planning to visit Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Bethlehem and Gaza City.

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on articles of impeachment in Washington.

Today marks the possible launch date for NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral. The launch was delayed from Thursday due to software trouble.

European Union leaders are scheduled to hold a summit in Vienna, Austria. The agenda is to include questions dealing with the January launch of the EU common currency, euro. Other issues are defense, Kosovo, Russia's economic crisis, the Middle East and relations with the United States.

On Saturday, December 12, President Clinton is scheduled to meet with Israeli President Ezer Weizman in Jerusalem.

On Sunday, December 13, Puerto Ricans are scheduled to vote on their future relationship with the United States in a non-binding referendum that offers five options: seeking statehood, maintaining commonwealth status, getting independence, creating new "free association" with the U.S., or "none of the above."

On Monday, December 14, President Clinton is scheduled to travel to Gaza City. His tentative schedule includes a meeting with Yasser Arafat and an address to the Palestinian people.

On Tuesday, December 15, President Clinton is tentatively scheduled to visit the grave of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, view the Old City, and travel to Bethlehem.

On Wednesday, December 16, the formal sentencing of Michael Carneal, the teen who pleaded guilty in the December 1997 shootings at Heath High School, takes place in Paducah, Kentucky. He's expected to be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.